Recently in The Paper, Judy Jordan, former oil & gas liaison for Garfield County, asked the BOCC for the release of the Mamm Creek Groundwater Study. Jordan designed and conducted the study. A few days later, Dr. Roxana Witter publicly asked the BOCC to take action on the Battlement Mesa/HIA study recommendations. Dr. Witter authored [...]
January 27, 2012
From the Colorado Municipal League Statehouse Report – January 23, 2012 Oil & gas: Preemption of local authority This past week saw the introduction of the first of at least two bills aimed at radically limiting or completely extinguishing local government authority over one class of industrial land use: oil and gas operations. SB 12-088, [...]
January 25, 2012
Congratulations to the town of Silt! Garfield County pledges $1M for Silt infrastructure Grant to help finance town’s urban renewal program No doubt the commissioners were impressed with the way the SiltBOTs rammed through their URA resolutions. The BOCC are not big fans of the democratic process either. But I’m glad Silt got the funding [...]
January 24, 2012
In an astonishing display of disrespect to property owners and citizens, the SiltBOTs circumvented the democratic process and created an Urban Renewal Authority (UAR) by resolution. At the January 23 meeting, the SiltBOTs voted unanimously to approve Resolution No. 9, Series 2012: A resolution of the Board of Trustees making legislative findings determining an area [...]
January 23, 2012
Dr. Roxana Witter is a faculty member of the Colorado School of Public Health and the lead author of the Battlement Mesa Health Impact Assessment and the Environmental and Health Monitoring Study Desgins submitted to Garfield County in 2011. Her OpEd piece appeared in the Post Independent on January 23. Garfield County should pursue health [...]
January 23, 2012
From the “Things You Hear in the Gas Patch” file: All this time I thought the gas companies were drilling for natural gas. Recently I met a guy – I’ll call him “Bob”. He drives truck in the gas fields. What does he haul? Crude oil — to a refinery in Denver and pipeline injection [...]
January 20, 2012
From 2007 to 2011, Judy Jordan served as oil and gas liaison for Garfield County. In June 2011, Jordan was suddenly dismissed without any explanation from the BOCC to the public she served. A letter from Jordan appeared in the Post Independent on January 20, in which she reveals she was fired before she was [...]
January 19, 2012
Read the Town of Silt Blight Study here Thanks to Community Development Director Janet Aluise for sending this to me.
January 18, 2012
Lots of blogs and websites are going dark today to protest the two controversial anti-piracy bills: The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its Senate companion, the Protect IP Act (PIPA). SOPA, PIPA: What you need to know I am against this legislation and I support everyone’s right to protest. However I will not shut [...]
January 18, 2012
Silt Public Hearing Monday, January 23, 2012 Silt Town Hall 7:00 P.M. The Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing to determine the need for an Urban Renewal Authority. Related articles – Public asked to weigh in on Silt ‘urban renewal’ strategy Mayor remains hopeful about Garfield County grant An Urban Renewal Authority could [...]
January 27, 2012
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